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Buck Moon captured across the South

News imageHang Ross The Buck Moon, a large orange moon, above a formation of rocks and cliffs off the Dorset coast.Hang Ross
The Buck Moon looks as though it rests upon Old Harry Rocks in this picture taken by BBC Weather Watcher Hang Ross

The Moon looked spectacular over parts of the south on Thursday night.

This particular Moon was a Buck Moon, a type of supermoon - when the Moon is closest to the Earth, and full.

Monthly full Moons have different names, and July's is named to represent the time of year when male deer, known as bucks, begin to grow their new antlers.

As the Buck Moon rose over the south our BBC Weather Watchers in Oxfordshire, Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight were ready to take some beautiful photos.

News imageHang Ross Another shot of the same rock formation from further back. The moon is higher in the sky, casting an orange reflection across the sea.Hang Ross
BBC Weather Watcher Hang Ross also took this picture of the moon from Studland
News imageAndrew Wells Photography A row of large beach huts. Boats are in the water in the foreground. The moon is above, large, orange, a little elliptical. Andrew Wells Photography
The moon rises above beach huts in this photo taken from Stanpit Marsh, Dorset
News imageBrian A speedboat blurs across the foreground, with the moon above.Brian
BBC Weather Watcher Brian captured this shot of a speedboat motoring underneath the moon near Mudeford, Christchurch
News imageDenise Nuttall The moon above a forest, with sunflowers in the foreground.Denise Nuttall
The Buck Moon above a field of sunflowers in Ferndown, Dorset
News imageGary Jacobs The moon above a rock and cliff formation off the Isle of Wight, a red and white lighthouse to the right. The moon is melding into the horizon like an orange mushroom.Gary Jacobs
BBC Weather Watcher Gary Jacobs captured this striking view of the Buck Moon rising above the Needles on the Isle of Wight
News imageMaz The orange moon over indistinct fields in Hampshire.Maz
The orange moon above fields in Over Wallop, Hampshire, snapped by BBC Weather Watcher Maz
News imageLucie Johnson Half the moon is visible over the horizon. Trees and rolling countryside are in the foreground.Lucie Johnson
BBC Weather Watcher Lucie Johnson photographed the Buck Moon peeking above the countryside near Oxford

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